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I have a simple spreadsheet with due dates. Is there a way to make the due
dates turn green when they are 2 days out from current date (Today) ? I have
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Yes.

Select the cells you want to highlight
Click on Conditional Formatting on the HOME tab of the ribbon.
Choose Highlight Cell Rules
Choose a date occuring
Choose the condition and the format you want

or you may choose more rules and enter the condition you want

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I have a simple spreadsheet with due dates. Is there a way to make the due
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office 2007.

Thank you!

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in the conditional formatting dialog, choose the option "Formula" in the
dropdown and enter =A2-NOW()<2
which obviously applies to cell A2 only.... Note that you can use the format
painter to copy this to other cells.

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I have a simple spreadsheet with due dates. Is there a way to make the due
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in the conditional formatting dialog, choose the option "Formula" in the
dropdown and enter =A2-NOW()<4
which obviously applies to cell A2 only.... Note that you can use the format
painter to copy this to other cells.

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I have a simple spreadsheet with due dates. Is there a way to make the due
dates turn green when they are 2 days out from current date (Today) ? I have
office 2007.

Thank you!

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Default Conditional Formatting with deadlines

Hi,

To answer the specific question you asked

1. Highlight all the cells on the rows you want formatted
2. Choose Home, Conditional Formatting, New Rule
3. Choose Use a formula to determine which cell to format
4. In the Format values where this formula is true enter the following
formula:
=TODAY()-2=A1
5. Click the Format button and choose a format.
6. Click OK twice

If you want to do it for the two days before today then:

=OR(TODAY()-A1=2,TODAY()-A1=1)

Or if you want to format all date which are on or after Today-2 then

=A1=TODAY()-2
would do.
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office 2007.

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